English Graduation Review

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English Graduation Review

• Georgia High School Graduation Test

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Suppose you are writing an essay about the water
quality for residents in your area. Which of the
following is the best way to state your research
question?A. What is being done to make our
environment cleaner?B. Is the water Americans
drink becoming more polluted?C. Does the water
in this community meet health and safety
standards?D. What are the differences between
bottled water and tap water?

• Answer C. Does the water in this community meet
  health and safety standards?

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Which sentence would be best to include in a
letter to the school board requesting moremoney
for the school band? A. The school band is
horrible because the uniforms are out of
fashion.B. You should have given us more money
because our band is awesome.C. It isnt our
fault that the band is terrible, so you shouldnt
blame us.D. Please consider supporting the band,
which is vital to our school.

• Answer D. Please consider supporting the band,
  which is vital to our school.

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Which of the sentences below is written
correctly?A. Pat has the best grades in the
school.B. Pat has the better grades in the
school.C. Pat has like the best grades in the
school.D. Pat has the more better grades in the
school.

• Answer A. Pat has the best grades in the school.

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Of the following, who MOST believed in working
hard and living a strict life from the bible?A.
Benjamin FranklinB. Spanish ExplorersC. Ames
OglethorpeD. Puritans

• Answer D. Puritans

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How would you improve your understanding of
Transcendentalism?A. Read the works of Henry
JamesB. Research the life of Samuel ClemensC.
Read Thoreaus WaldenD. Research Natty Bumppos
adventures on the American frontier

• Answer C. Read Thoreaus Walden

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To whom did Gertrude Steins The Lost
Generation refer?A. American ex patriots
who disappeared in EuropeB. Her parents
generation of wealthy patriciansC. Unemployed
young Americans living in EuropeD. World War I
era artists whose experiences hurt them

• Answer A. American ex patriots who disappeared
  in Europe

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Early American literature includes works byA.
Native AmericansB. ColonistsC. SettlersD. All
of the above

• Answer D. All of the above

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During the late 19th to early 20th century, _____
became a new force in American literature.A.
NovelistsB. DramatistsC. WomenD. Poets

• Answer C. Women

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The purpose of a presentation can be to inform,
to persuade, or to entertain. For each topic,
choose the letter that best describes the purpose
of the presentation.How to operate a fire
extinguisher.A. To informB. To persuadeC. To
entertainWhy the movie version of The Color
Purple is better than the book.A. To informB.
To persuadeC. To entertain
Answer A. To inform

• Answer B. To persuade

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Your teacher asks you to use at least three
primary sources in your research paper about an
author. Which of the following would fulfill this
requirement?A. A novel by the author, an
interview with the author, and a letter written
to the authorB. A Web site about the author, an
encyclopedia entry about the author, and a diary
entry by the authorC. An encyclopedia entry
about the author, an email mentioning the author,
and a speech by the authorD. A survey about
literature of the time, a journal article about
the authors work, and a textbook mentioning the
author

• Answer A. A novel by the author, an interview
  with the author, and a letter written to the
  author

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After reading a literary critics analysis of
Hemingways use of bullfighting in his novel
Death in the Afternoon, you restate her findings
in your own words. Which technique are you
using?A. A direct quoteB. ParaphrasingC.
SummarizingD. Anecdotal scripting

• Answer B. Paraphrasing

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Ben Franklin once said, early to bed early to
rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
This is an example of _____. A. A direct
quoteB. ParaphrasingC. SummarizingD. Anecdotal
scripting

• Answer A. A direct quote

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Which if the following would make the MOST
effective research question for a research paper
about American literature?A. What are
molecules?B. During which years was Willa Cather
alive?C. How did Henry David Thoreaus
friendships influence his writing?D. How many
books did Flannery OConnor write?

• Answer C. How did Henry David Thoreaus
  friendships influence his writing?

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Which if the following is an example of a
secondary source?A. An interviewB. A
textbookC. A speechD. A poem

• Answer B. A textbook

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Choose the sentence that uses the correct
punctuation and capitalization.A. Lets go
through the tunnel around the park and down
Melcher Street to get home.B. Lets go through
the tunnel, around the park, and down Melcher
Street to get home.C. Lets go through the
tunnel, around the park, and down Melcher Street
to get home.D. Lets go through the tunnel,
around the park and down Melcher Street, to get
home.

• Answer B. Lets go through the tunnel, around
  the park, and down Melcher Street to get home.

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Until this year, mathematics _____ my favorite
subject.A. IsB. AreC. WasD. Were

• Answer C. Was

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What is the primary persuasive technique used in
the following advertisement?Everyone wants
string and shiny hair, and thats why women
across America are trying our new BelleVitamin
Shampoo. Our shampoo has a fresh, clean scent
that youll love. Dont be left in the cold with
dull, boring hair. Join the rest of us, and try
BelleVitamin Shampoo. We promise others will
notice!A. StereotypingB. BandwagonC. Card
stackingD. Rhetorical questions

• Answer B. Bandwagon

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Maria wants to include a passage from Mark
Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in her
paper, but it is very long. She thinks she can
cut out the middle of the passage and still keep
the more important parts. What punctuation does
she need to add to her excerpt so that the reader
knows she omitted something?A. ParenthesisB. A
colonC. A hyphenD. An ellipsis

• Answer D. An ellipses

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Which literary device is used in the following
sentence?I was so tired last night that I slept
like a log.A. OnomatopoeiaB. SimileC.
MetaphorD. Hyperbole

• Answer B. Simile

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The fact that a sweet carbonated drink has names
like coke, pop, soda, and soft drink suggests
differences inA. DialectB. SpellingC.
MeaningD. Pronunciation

• Answer A. Dialect

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A literary movement emphasizing emotions and
feelings that began in the late eighteenth
century and ended during the Civil War wasA.
TranscendentalismB. NaturalismC.
Post-ModernismD. Romanticism

• Answer D - Romanticism

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Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau
represent authors from which literary
movement?A. TranscendentalismB. NaturalismC.
RealismD. Modernism

• Answer A - Transcendentalism

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In what literary era did writers begin to break
with tradition and rebel against the
sentimentality of the Romantics?A. RealismB.
NaturalismC. TranscendentalismD. Modernism

• Answer A - Realism

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Members of the high school student body decided
to make a presentation to the administration for
support and funds to form a marching band. Some
students decided to pretend to be the principal
and vice principal arguing against the idea.
Other students responded to their comments.What
problem-solving technique were these students
using?A. constructing models B. creating
metaphorsC. brainstorming D. role-playing

• Answer D role-playing

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As per your request, I am enclosing a xerox copy
of your account. This statement lists all of
your activities from the last twelve months. If
we may provide any further assistance, please do
not hesitate to contact us.This excerpt would
most likely come fromA. Personal Writing
B. Social WritingC. Academic Writing D.
Business Writing

• Answer D Business Writing

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The correct contraction of they are is which of
the following?A. theyareB. theyreC.
thereD. theyr

• Answer B Theyre

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Use the context clues in the sentence to decide
the best meaning of the underlined word.They
tried to ameliorate the hostage crisis with
negotiations, but the terrorists were
unreasonable and the situation worsened.A.
worsen B. hideC. calm D. improve

• Answer D - improve

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Which of the following sentences has a
subject-verb agreement error?A. Everything is
the same as it was when we left.B. No one is
going to join us for a drink.C. None wanted to
go to the beach.D. None of the guys is going to
the movie.

• Answer D guys/is Corrected guys/are

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Which sentence has the correct apostrophe
usage?A. Its going to rain.B. Its going to
rain.C. Its going to rain.D. Its going to
rain.

• Answer C Its - (It is) going to rain.

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Authors who tell a story using I or we such as JD
Salinger in Catcher In the Rye are usingA.
objective point of viewB. first-person point of
viewC. third-person point of viewD. omniscient
point of view

• Answer B First-person

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Clear, direct language and ordinary, everyday
events characterizeA. RealismB. ModernismC.
TranscendentalismD. Naturalism

• Answer A - Realism

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Puritan writing is characterized byA.
fictionB. dramaC. sermonsD. humor

• Answer C - Sermons

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Native American literature was characterized by
which of the following?A. poetryB. dramaC.
symbolic writingD. oral tradition

• Answer D Oral Tradition

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Complete the analogyDoctor is to Patient as
Lawyer is to ___A. JudgeB. CriminalC.
ClientD. Bailiff

• Answer C - Client

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During what time period was there the first
significant movement of black writers and
artists?A. the Colonial PeriodB. the Harlem
RenaissanceC. ModernismD. Post-Modernism

• Answer B Harlem Renaissance

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Choose the following word that matches the
definitionA way of speaking that is
characteristic of a social group or of a certain
geographical area.A. EpithetB. AssonanceC.
DialectD. Diction

• Answer C - Dialect

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An expository passage is most likely written
toA. narrateB. entertainC. informD. persuade

• Answer C - inform

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All of the following are examples of facts,
exceptA. Mt. Rainier, in Washington State, is
14,410 feet.B. Vermont is the state with the
smallest black population.C. Franklin Roosevelt
was the first president to use the radio as a
communication device.D. Women firefighters are
more capable in their work than male firefighters.

• Answer D

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Place the following events in their proper
order1. Finally, results are analyzed and
interpreted with respect to the perceived
correctness of the hypothesis.2. Predictions
are made based on the hypothesis, and methods are
designed for testing those predictions.3. The
experiment is conducted and data are
collected.4. Experimental design begins with
asking a question and forming a testable
hypothesis.A. 1,3,2,4 B. 1,3,4,2C.
3,2,1,4 D. 4,2,3,1

• Answer D

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Which statement expresses an opinion rather than
a fact?A. Patrick Henry delivered his Give me
liberty or give me death speech in 1775.B.
Jacqueline Kennedy was the wife of President John
F. Kennedy.C. George Washington was the most
admired president of all time.D. The Gift of
the Magi was written by O. Henry.

• Answer C